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Date Posted: 15:15:27 04/06/04 Tue
Author: Robert Weingartner
Subject: ROLLING STONES SINGLES, B-SIDES, EARLY RARITIES REVISITED IN SINGLES/EPS BOX SET

ABKCO Records is set to release The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1965, the first of three limited edition box sets that are a comprehensive chronological overview of the Rolling Stones� early career as pop chart hitmakers. The set will be in store May 4th and features a total of twelve individual CDs beginning with the band�s very first studio effort in the spring of 1963, including all of their ensuing hits, b-sides and EPs released through mid-1965. Release dates for Volume 2 (The Rolling Stones Singles 1965-1967) and Volume 3 (The Rolling Stones Singles 1968-1971) will be released in the summer and fall of 2004, respectively.

Today, the Rolling Stones are thought of as one of the rock era�s quintessential album bands but their origin and earliest notoriety came at 45 revolutions per minute. It was their version of Chuck Berry�s �Come On� recorded at Olympic Studios in London in May of 1963 that launched them and began the process that made the Rolling Stones a household name as they have been for over forty years. The track is paired with its original b-side, Muddy Waters� �I Want To Be Loved,� on one CD. That record, as were the majority of the content in The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1965 was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham.

The discs in the series replicate the band�s groundbreaking singles and EPs. The first volume includes a number of rarities including their cover of Lennon and McCartney�s �I Wanna Be Your Man� that is, once again, coupled with the band�s shocking, yet mostly instrumental, theme entitled �Stoned� which was withdrawn from U.S. release on �moral� grounds. The song is credited to Nanker Phelge, the songwriting pseudonym for the entire band and Oldham. The set includes a total of 33 tracks ranging from their first U.K. #1, �It�s All Over Now,� written by Bobby and Shirley Womack to �Tell Me,� their first U.S. Top 40 hit and the first significant hit written by the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, themselves. Also included are such Stones classics as �The Last Time,� �Heart of Stone� and �Time Is On My Side.�

The package marks the first release on CD of three Rolling Stones EPs that were only previously released on vinyl in the UK including The Rolling Stones EP, the band�s first. Five By Five features such key tracks as �If You Need Me,� �Confessin� The Blues,� �Empty Heart,� �Around And Around� and the band�s homage to Chicago�s Chess Studios �2120 South Michigan Avenue.� All are released here in mono and were recorded at that very address in June, 1964 at the end of the band�s first U.S. tour. The Got Live If You Want It EP, recorded in March of 1965, includes versions of �Everybody Needs Somebody To Love� and �Pain In My Heart� never before released on CD.

Each of the twelve discs is individually packaged in a picture sleeve utilizing original artwork while the actual discs approximate the black vinyl look of the Stones� original 45s. The set includes a 28 page booklet that is packed with rare photos and extensive annotation. Also included in the package is an exclusive original essay by Rolling Stones authority Nigel Williamson. It provides a highly detailed historical narrative that puts the classic material of The Rolling Stones Singles 1963-1965 in perspective, offering facts and insight into the earliest recording efforts of the group that would come to be known as �The World�s Greatest Rock �n Roll Band.�

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